Arkeisha Johnson's Arc

Chapter 2 of 5

She woke up heard a Morning light woke Arkeisha in the warm little apartment. She lay still a moment, remembering she was free. She looked out the window kids playing she looked at her phone and scrolled through the AppStore and saw Facebook she explored it then seen there was This thing called Facebook marketplace she searched gumbo a lot and gumbo popped up and so did other foods fish fried chicken crawfish she decided that’s where to start she cooked her first meal on her mothers list red beans and rice she goes to the store and gets the ingredients she decides to wait till Monday to cook it she knows it’s a New Orleans tradition to cook it on Monday so Monday comes and she makes her first batch she tastes it and goes mmmm this is perfect she gets a notification from her first customer she meets up the customer loves it she starts getting more sells she’s happy she buys more ingredients to make even more food the sells go on she goes on Facebook live to celebrate her live ends she gets a text from her daughter she hasn’t spoken since she was with her husband she says hey mom and wishes her a congratulations the mother cries they decided to meet up and talk the daughter is 19 she asks momma what if I work with u and help u she says really after everything I did she says yes at the end of the days we are family and family sticks together